Imagine you went with your lover to meet her family, and that meeting turned into a mysterious murder case, what will be your take on it?
Directed by Christian Bareford and Jason Winn Bareford, this is a complete murder mystery with layers of suspense. The movie will swipe the viewers off their feet.
The story starts with a black and white context where a young boy was waiting in a dark interrogation room for the police officers to arrive. In this scene, a deep injury on the head of the boy has been shown. He was sitting on the chair covering his face. By this scene, we gonna learn that the boy has gone through mental trauma, as he looked very depressed. The story started to develop with the arrival of two police officers. They started to interrogate the young boy about last night. Jakob, the young boy, who was dismayed by the incident of last night started to describe his whole experience. That's how the story started to open up.
The story and the movie context started to turn colorful when Jakob unfolded the last night's experience. The story started to move from the dark interrogation room to a pleasant remote estate. We gonna see Jakob drive his Mercedes to a lake house, which seems elegant. Jakob and his girlfriend Kate walked to the house and discovered Kate's family. The group of youngsters was there to enjoy their vacation. There Jakob and Kate met Catarina, who seems a little irritated with Jakob. Catarina who was taking care of the house did not appreciate the sudden arrival of Jakob.
With Catarina's appearance, we will understand that everything is not as beautiful as it seems from outside. Then Jakob met Kate's brother Robert and his girlfriend Ashley and another named Shawn. Shawn was shown as cutting bark with an ax.
Jakob learned about the accident of Kate's parents when he was having a conversation with Kate and her brothers.
The group of five decided to have a drink and they sat in a circle around the fire. They started to drink in the evening and soon they got to know each other. Things were looking normal and chilling but unfortunately turned into an unfortunate accident.
This short horror story started around a clustered interrogation room and ends in a garden area, with a murder mystery, but it left several questions in the viewer's mind.
This 18-minute short horror story switch to past and present scenario a couple of time. The present scenario is where we can see a police investigation and on the other hand, the past scenario revolves around a beautiful lake house. When Jakob was interrogated about the last night's incident, the viewers were gradually allowed to take deep dive into the story. Jakob,s narration may not reveal the name of the murderer to the police but the story itself reveals the dark reality of ruthless murders to the viewers.
The concept of black and white context to a colorful scenario will draw the attention of the viewers. This visualization will help the viewers to involve from one scene to another.
The strength of the movie is the wonderful direction. Christian Bareford and Jason Winn had done a great job. The characters were shown with several layers, though it was a short story viewers will not be able to find out the truth the last point. The director and the story succeeded to keep the pace of suspense till the end.
We are sure that this movie will be a treat to the viewers who love to watch suspense thrillers.
